"Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time."

"One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work."

"Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint."

"Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished."

"The days you work are the best days."

"To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage."

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not."